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Enshittification

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What is enshittification?

The phenomenon of online platforms gradually degrading the quality of their services, often by promoting advertisements and sponsored content, in order to increase profits. (Cory Doctorow, 2022, extracted from Wikitionary) source

The lifecycle of Big Internet

We discuss how predatory big tech platforms live and die by luring people in and then decaying for profit.

Embrace, extend and extinguish

We also discuss how naturally open technologies like the Fediverse can be susceptible to corporate takeovers, rugpulls and subsequent enshittification.

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Vietnam Bans Unskippable Ads, Requires Skip Button to Appear After 5 Seconds (saigoneer.com)
submitted 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) by noumenon@lemmy.world to c/enshittification@lemmy.world
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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.bestiver.se/post/845753

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[–] Cornflake@pawb.social 17 points 4 months ago

I know where to point my VPN next time I'm streaming stuff..

[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Source article says "Vienam;" please correct the post title to reflect this.

[–] noumenon@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

Already did, ty

[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago

No, this post title incorrectly says "Vietnam." The article says "Vienam."

[–] optissima@lemmy.world 0 points 4 months ago (1 children)

OP you got a typo in the title